The Joys of Retirement

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  1. Sceptic Al

    Sceptic Al Well-Known Member

    Why I Like Retirement !
    1. How many days in a week?
    Answer: 6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday

    2. When is a retiree's bedtime?
    Answer: Two hours after he falls asleep on the couch.

    3.
    How many retirees to change a light bulb?
    Answer: Only one, but it might take all day.

    4.
    What's the biggest gripe of retirees?
    Answer: There is not enough time to get everything done.

    5.
    Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?
    Answer: The term comes with a 10% discount.

    6.
    Among retirees, what is considered formal attire?
    Answer: Tied shoes.

    7.
    Why do retirees count pennies?
    Answer: They are the only ones who have the time.

    8.
    What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?
    Answer: NUTS!

    9.
    Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
    Answer: They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

    10.
    What do retirees call a long lunch?
    Answer: Normal ...

    11.
    What is the best way to describe retirement?
    Answer: The never ending Coffee Break.

    12.
    What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?
    Answer: If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.

    13.
    Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?
    Answer: He is too polite to tell the whole truth.

    And, my very favourite....

    QUESTION: What do you do all week?

    Answer: Monday through Friday, NOTHING..... Saturday & Sunday, I rest.


    Examples of Serenity


    Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked,
    "How old was your husband?" '98,' she replied...'Two years older than me' 'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented...
    She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?


    Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 'And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?' the reporter asked...
    She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'

    The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs, and have fun finding them.

    I've sure got old!
    I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
    Have bouts with dementia.
    Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
    Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
    Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license.

    I feel like my body has got totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But,
    by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

    My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

    Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

    It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.

    These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, ‘For fast relief.'

    THE SENILITY PRAYER :
    Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
    the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
    and the eyesight to tell the difference.

     
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  2. stollydriver

    stollydriver Elite Member

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    Got asked the other day " how long till you retire?" Didn't know how to take it - I'm only 50.
     
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  3. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    Ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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  5. folkbloke

    folkbloke Well-Known Member

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    :)

    I just clocked up 5 years retired.

    All those things I was intending to do.....

    As I said, all those things I was intending to do ;)
     
  6. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    You're not old enough Dick !!!
     
  7. folkbloke

    folkbloke Well-Known Member

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    I wish Dave :)

    I've actually just come back from the pub after a few beers with fellow retirees and it's so nice not have to worry about work tomorrow (although I still have to get up to take the dog out :)
     
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